Important life lesson: never cry after a spray tan

We'll go to all sorts of lengths in our quest for beauty perfection, including spraying ourselves with a biscuity-scented orange dye in an attempt to look 'glowing' and tanned.

But there are a certain set of rules one must abide by following a spray tan, and possibly the most imperative of these is not to cry straight after. DON'T DO IT.

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It's just not worth the emotional pain and hassle. 17-year-old Skyler Davis can vouch for that.

The Ohio-based schoolgirl decided to get a spray tan before her senior prom to help her feel dolled up and special for the night. And all went to plan to begin with.

Instagram/Skyler Davis

Speaking to Buzzfeed News, Skyler said: "I was extremely happy with how it turned out, I was no longer pale!"

But shortly afterwards, things took a turn for the worse. Just 10 minutes after leaving the salon, the teenager and her boyfriend fell into a disagreement, which led her to tear up and eventually cry.

BIG mistake. Because THIS was the outcome:

Skyler Davis

Now I hate to laugh, but it's hard not to with a situation like this. Because it's just so disastrous it's funny.

"As soon as my tears started coming, I saw I had no tissues in my car and knew I was doomed," she told Buzzfeed.

"All of a sudden there were white streaks on my once-tan face. Looking in the mirror, I only began to cry more, and there was absolutely nothing I could do but let the tears roll down my face and completely ruin my spray tan."

God, this is up there with getting a black eye just days before your graduation. Think of the photos 😱😱😱.

But thanks to some kind of higher power, it all turned out okay in the end for Skyler. She went home, showered, and returned to the salon the following day to get it re-done; no tears this time.

Bet her boyfriend was pleased with that outcome, or he'd never have heard the end of it.

This does serve as an important life lesson to one and all, however: never get a spray tan if you're feeling in the least bit emotionally fragile. It's just not worth the horror.